distance
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Because each step depends on the previous one, this approach is called the cosmic distance ladder.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
When it's based in Singapore, or elsewhere, to distance itself legally and politically from Beijing.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
“She did,” he called from a distance, as he wrangled one of their two dogs, Chicken.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Tuapse, near Russia’s border with the Caucasus country of Georgia, lies more than 300 miles from the nearest Ukrainian-controlled point—a distance now well within the range of Kyiv’s long-range attack drones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
In the distance, thick clouds, their undersides an angry shade of dark, are swallowing up the blue sky, and the breeze carries the humid scent of the coming rain.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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